All 8 Uses of
compassion
in
War and Peace
- He looked compassionately at Balashev, and as soon as the latter tried to make some rejoinder hastily interrupted him.†
Chpt 9 *
- Pierre replied, looking at Prince Andrew with frightened, compassionate eyes.†
Chpt 10
- Compassion, love of our brothers, for those who love us and for those who hate us, love of our enemies; yes, that love which God preached on earth and which Princess Mary taught me and I did not understand—that is what made me sorry to part with life, that is what remained for me had I lived.†
Chpt 10
- With a slight inclination of her head, Natasha stepped back quickly to Mavra Kuzminichna, who stood talking compassionately to the officer.†
Chpt 11
- Those eyes, filled with happy tears, gazed at him timidly, compassionately, and with joyous love.†
Chpt 11
- And it is well for a people who do not—as the French did in 1813—salute according to all the rules of art, and, presenting the hilt of their rapier gracefully and politely, hand it to their magnanimous conqueror, but at the moment of trial, without asking what rules others have adopted in similar cases, simply and easily pick up the first cudgel that comes to hand and strike with it till the feeling of resentment and revenge in their soul yields to a feeling of contempt and compassion.†
Chpt 14
- The most compassionate Russian commanders, those favorable to the French—and even the Frenchmen in the Russian service—could do nothing for the prisoners.†
Chpt 15
- He ordered dinners and suppers and obviously tried to appear cheerful, but his cheerfulness was not infectious as it used to be: on the contrary it evoked the compassion of those who knew and liked him.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help